Improved railway-car brake



2 Sheets-Sheefi 2. T. PAYNE.

Gar Brake.

Patented Dec; 14, 1869.

N-FETEhS. FHuTuLlmDGRAPNER, WASHINGTON, DJ).

I1THOMAS.,PAYNI*J,.O1FDETROIT, MICHIGAN,

am Patent No. 97,800, dated December 14, 1869.

IM oyEn RAILWAY-CAR BRAKE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and niaking part of the same To all 'lUllOilt it may concern:

. Be it known that. I, THOMAS Pam's, Detroit,

Wayne county, Michigan, have invented a new and improved Oar-Brake and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference markedjtheretm,

The nature of my invention consists in an arrangement of dift'erentdevices for releasing and retaining the brakes on railway or other cars. I In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 1 will now proceedto describe its construction and operation, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, which form a 'part o the specification, and in which V T Figure 1 is a lateral view of a car, with my brake attached.

r Figure 2 is a view ofthe bottom of car,,with brake i attached. t

Figure 3 is a "iew of the front end of the same car.

Figure ,4 is another view of the bottom of same car, with the chain marked/V substituted for the rod (3, as hereinafter described.

The parts lettered are as follows: A is the dranghtdron. B is the'draw-bar. l is a tun1bling-rod. I E are slides for coupling tumbling-rods between the cars. l

blingrod O. l

G is the chain from tumbling-rod to spring and F is the chain attached to dradght-iron A-and tumspool.

H are the spring and spool. J Jlarechains from spoolH to brakes. K is a chain, from tumbling-rod O to tender.

i L is aratchetwheel and pawl. M is a chain from said pawl to the part marked A. N is a retainer for chain M. y

3 O is a rod or cold from A to cab.

Pis abrake-shait-for retaining or releasing chain K. The parts marked with letters on" fig, 4 are as follows: q

Tisa chain from draught-iron A to shaft U. Uis ashaft, containing spool and ratchet, as shown.

' V, 'V, V, &c., is a chain running under the cars.

- Wis a chain running from chain V to spring and spool H.

X X are pulleys, to guide chain W. Y is ratchet and pawl. t

Z are links, of varied lengths, y which the chain "V is coupled together from car to car. a

' The train being standing'still, the springs released,

and the brakes on, the engine or other power starts.

i The pull is first on"draught-iron A, which is so constructed, byjreason of a slot, that the power pulls andacts upon the chainF and its connections fora period before it begins to draw upon the cars, to prof duce a forward motion.

Dranght-ironA thus pnlls on chain F, which acts on and turns tumbling-rod G, and the tumbling-rod winds up chain G, which acts on spool H and contracts spring H; this slackens the chains .1 J, which releases the brakes. J w

The brakes thus being released, are kept off by ratchet-wheel and pawLL, or the same may be done I by keeping on the strain necessary to pull the train ahead; or, in other words, keeping the drau ht-iron A pulled out to its full extent.

The brakes are applied by shut-ting otf and releasing the ratchet L, by pulling on rod or cord 0, which releases chain F, and with ittmnbling-rod C and chain Gr. The spring H being thus freed, instantly winds up chains J J and applies the brakes.

. Should the train be stopping too quick, or the danger or necessity of stopping removed, the brakes are instantly-released by using steam, and the train proceeds on its way. I

The spring H may be under the centre of the car, as shown in the drawing, figs. 2 and 4, and act on two chains .JlJ, as shown,-or'it may be. placed under the car, near the end, and wind up but one chain, as is ordinarily done by hand. 1

To ease a train going down a grade, brake-shaft P,

fig. 1, is turned, winding up chain K; the brakes are f then applied, as before shown, but are partly kept on by chain 'K. The balance of power-can be let on at will, by releasing chain K.

This chain K can be wound up by a frictionwheel, It, operated by contact with the driving-wheel, applied by the engineer with lever S.

Q is a spring for protecting chain K from a sudden strain, should the engineer inadvertently use steam whilesaid chain K is wound npb'y the shaft 1.

This arrangement of shaft P and chain K may be placed on, any car, instead of the tender, and worked by a brakeman, if so desired.

In this case the engine would release the brakes,

the brakeman' perfin'ming thednty of applying them partlyor wholly, on signal.

To"back up, the brakes can be released by the a which may bemorc desirable.- The operation of the Thebrake thus constructed is operated as-followsr w'holelis substantially thesarne.

4, is as, follows The cars, being stationary, and the brakes on, the first pull, on starting, is on the draught-iron A, (see ,fig. 4,) which acts on chain T, turning shaft U, and

winding up chain V. Said chain V acts on chain W,

. which turns spool H, and releases the brake-chains The brakes are applied by shutting off and pulling on rod or cord 0, which releases chain V, and, with it, chain W.

The spring H is thus left free to act on the chains J J, as before described.

" The chain V is under each car, and properly coupled from car to car, so that the spring and brake under' each car are retained and released simultaneously.

On the return trip, the pull is on the other end of the chain V, fig. 4, and the action on chain NV and spring and spool 11 is the same.

X X are two pnlle s, which guide and keep in plac the chain \V.

The ratchet and pawl, marked Y in fig. 4, answers the same purpose, and is acted upon and connected withrod 0 and chain M, (see fig. 1,) in the same manner as is the ratchet and pawl marked Din fig. 2,

C I aims.

What I claim as new in my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The slotted draught-iron ,A, which slides in the draw-bar B, in combination with and acting on chain F, so that in starting the engine or power, the pull on said draught'irou A is communicated to and unwiuds the chain F, thus acting on tumbling-rod O and chain G, as and for the purpose above described; or, in case the chain V be used in place of the rod 0, then said draught-iron A is claimed in combination with, and acting on shaft U, as and for the purpose above descfibed.

2. The manner of putting the brakes on by shutting 01'1" and drawing the rod 0, thereby removing the strain of draught-iron A upon chain 1*, in conscqnence of which the spring H is released, and by its own power, unaided either by concussion or momentum, forces the brakes on,

3. The chains J J, tumbling-rod 0, slides -E, drawbar B, chain F, spring and spool H, chain G, ratchet L, when arranged and acting in combination, as and for the purpose above specified. 4. The hand-power retaining and releasing-device K RZ R, for keeping the brakes partly off, and allowing the strain to apply gradually, and also for releasing brakes by hand, when desired, instead of by engine or other power, when arranged and acting in combination, as and for the purpose above set forth.

' THOMAS PAYNE.-

, Witnesses:

' 'Ronr. H. Bnown,

Farmers RAYMOND. 

